--- title: Dallas Morning News Endorses Hillary Clinton description: Clinton is the first Democrat backed by the paper in over 75 years, after the editorial board said it couldn't back Trump. canonical: https://time.com/4482130/dallas-morning-news-hillary-clinton-endorsement/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-07T16:28:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:40.406Z article:section: Politics og:title: This newspaper endorsed a Democrat for president for the first time in 75 years og:description: Clinton is the first Democrat backed by the paper in more than 75 years og:url: https://time.com/4482130/dallas-morning-news-hillary-clinton-endorsement/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf3ad3f5295779395/6988a517524fc00d02df9677/hillary-clinton2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5472 og:image:height: 3078 og:image:alt: Hillary Clinton og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This newspaper endorsed a Democrat for president for the first time in 75 years twitter:description: Clinton is the first Democrat backed by the paper in more than 75 years twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf3ad3f5295779395/6988a517524fc00d02df9677/hillary-clinton2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Dallas _Morning News_ Endorses Democrat for President for First Time in 75 Years > Sponsored content. 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Andrew Harnik—AP by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Sep 7, 2016 4:28 PM UTC The Dallas _Morning News_ endorsed Hillary Clinton on Wednesday, the first time the newspaper has [recommended a Democrat](http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20160907-we-recommend-hillary-clinton-for-president.ece) for president in more than 75 years. “Unlike Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton has experience in actual governance, a record of service and a willingness to delve into real policy,” the _Morning News_ editorial board [wrote](http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20160907-we-recommend-hillary-clinton-for-president.ece). “Resume vs. resume, judgment vs. judgment, this election is no contest.” This was the first time since before World War II that the _Morning News_ has endorsed a [Democrat](http://time.com/4453751/2016-election-obama-donald-trump-hillary/), but the paper said that it could in no way back [Trump](http://time.com/4481766/what-donald-trump-thinks-on-foreign-policy/). On Tuesday, the newspaper published [another editorial](http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20160906-donald-trump-is-no-republican.ece) titled “Donald Trump is No Republican,” in which the _Morning News_‘ editors slammed the GOP nominee, telling Texas voters that Trump “does not deserve your vote.” The _Morning News_ previously endorsed Ohio Gov. 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